Grazing for Soil Health, More Nutritious Food & Connection to Indigenous Neighbors

At Vermont’s Vershire Farm, Niko Horster trusts his cattle to help correct the imbalances they uncover in the soil and the grasses on his central Vermont pastures. One in a

Local food in a regional context: Think in “zones.”

There are many ways to think about “local” but probably the least helpful is to develop a rigid dichotomy of “local vs. non-local.” Some of our region’s many homesteaders, farmers,

Comments in response to USDA’s Supply Chain request

The Food Solutions New England network is pleased to have jointly created and submitted comments to USDA with the Food System Planners Partnership (representing all six New England states), highlighting

May New England Food Policy Update

Contributed by Adam Kotin, FSNE Policy Analyst Welcome to the FSNE Policy Update, our not-at-all comprehensive peek at current food system policy happenings from New England to the federal level.

UNH Eats Equitable: Teatulia

Contributed by UNH Dining Services. Food Solutions New England is hosted and coordinated by the UNH Sustainability Institute. Guest blogger, Autumn Thon is a sophomore at UNH majoring in Social

FSNE Welcomes New Policy Analyst

Since elevating regional food policy coordination to one of its four key “impact areas” in 2020, the Food Solutions New England network has been convening conversations about the role of

Evaluating the Untapped Potential of U.S. Conservation Investments to Improve Soil and Environmental Health

From Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Andrea Basche1*, Katherine Tully2, Nora L. Álvarez-Berríos3, Julian Reyes4, Laura Lengnick5, Tabitha Brown6, Jennifer M. Moore6, Rachel E. Schattman7, Lana Koepke Johnson1 and Gabrielle

USDA Seeks Members for Advisory Committee on Urban Agriculture

Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking members for a new advisory committee on urban agriculture, part of a broader effort to focus on

Youth Engagement at the UN Food Systems Summit

From FSNE Network Leadership Institute alum Vanessa Garcia Polanco. Dear North America Food Systems Advocate, The United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UNMGCY), is the UN General Assembly-mandated,

Emancipation Never Really Came to Agriculture

Originally published by FAIR CounterSpin interview with Ricardo Salvador on US food system JANINE JACKSON The November 27, 2020, episode of CounterSpin featured an archival interview with the Union of